June 5 DVD roundup

After a short run at theaters, Disney’s “A Wrinkle In Time” headlines this week. Given the star power behind it, it was surprising that it was so “meh.” Bruce Willis takes on the reboot of the Charles Bronson revenge flick “Death Wish.” “Game of Thrones” gets another release, this time in 4K. And Ryan Kwanten and Maggie Grace get two releases this week, “The Hurricane Heist” and “Supercon.”

Usual rules apply: synopses are taken from the press releases and Amazon descriptions; snarky commentary is extra. Rotten Tomatoes ratings are included where available. Prices include Amazon links so you can purchase them online (and cheaper to boot!). We also invite you to check out our Facebook Page in order to get more alerts on upcoming releases.

Altered Perception
Cinedigm, not rated, 73 minutes
DVD retail price: $14.93DVD Amazon price: $9.96
A drug that alters perceptions during trauma and stress, is being advertised as a cure for socio-political tensions. Several couples volunteer for human trials but end up with more than they bargained for. Stars Jon Huertas, Jade Tailor, Jennifer Blanc, Matthew Ziff, Ehmrys Cooper, Nichola Fynn, Hallie Jordan. No extras listed.

Avatar – The Last Airbender: The Complete Series
Paramount, not rated, 1464 minutes, 61 episodes, 9 discs
BD retail price: $44.99BD Amazon price: $29.99
Katara and Sokka, siblings and members of the Water Tribe, help airbender Aang fulfill his destiny to master the four elements needed to become the long-lost Avatar – water, earth, fire and air. BD extras: featurettes, episode commentary.

The Dating Project
Universal, not rated, 70 minutes
DVD retail price: $14.98DVD Amazon price: $9.99
Half of America is single. The hook-up, texting and social media culture have profoundly altered the dating landscape. Yet, men and women still seek meaningful relationships.Documentary follows five single people, ages 18-40, as they search for authentic and meaningful relationships – real people trying to find love and happiness in an age of swiping left or right. No extras listed.

Delirium
Universal, R, 97 minutes
DVD retail price: $19.98DVD Amazon price: $13.39
Tom (Topher Grace), recently released from a mental institute, is living under house arrest under the watchful eye of a hard-boiled parole officer (Patricia Clarkson). With the help of medication, Tom enjoys his freedom in the vacant home, until he finds mysterious passages to hidden rooms, receives mysterious calls, and sees horrifying visitors. Tom faces down his demons as he attempts to figure out if these happenings are real or delirium. No extras listed.

Devil’s Gate
Shout! Factory, not rated, 94 minutesRotten Tomatoes ranking: 36
DVD retail price: $16.97DVD Amazon price: $11.99
BD retail price: $22.97BD Amazon price: $15.19
When a woman and her son mysteriously vanish, FBI agent Daria Francis (Amanda Schull) is dispatched to the small town of Devil’s Gate, North Dakota to investigate the number one suspect: religious fanatic Jackson Pritchard (Milo Ventimiglia), husband and father of the missing persons. But when Francis and local deputy Colt Salter (Shawn Ashmore) arrive at Pritchard’s foreboding property, they discover much more than they bargained for lurking in the basement. Also stars Jonathan Frakes. No extras listed.

Every Day
Warner Bros., PG-13, 97 minutesRotten Tomatoes ranking: 63
BD retail price: $35.99BD Amazon price: $19.96
Rhiannon (Angourie Rice) is a 16-year old girl who falls in love with a mysterious soul named “A” who inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and A work each day to find each other, not knowing what or who the next day will bring. The more the two fall in love, the more the realities of loving someone who is a different person every 24 hours takes a toll, leaving Rhiannon and “A” to face the hardest decision either has ever had to make. Also stars Justice Smith, Debby Ryan, Maria Bello. BD extras: featurettes, deleted scenes.

Freak Show
Shout! Factory, not rated, 91 minutesRotten Tomatoes ranking: 58
DVD retail price: $16.97DVD Amazon price: $11.99
BD retail price: $22.97BD Amazon price: $19.85
Billy Bloom (Alex Lawther) is a gender-bending teenager whose razor-sharp wit is matched only by his outrageous, anything-goes fashion sense. When his glamorous mother (Bette Midler) is forced to send him to live with his straight-laced father (Larry Pine), Billy finds himself a diva-out-of-water at his new ultra-conservative high school. Undaunted by the bullies who don’t understand him, the fearless Billy sets out to make a big statement in his own inimitable way: challenging the school’s reigning mean girl (Abigail Breslin) for the title of homecoming queen. Also stars Laverne Cox, AnnaSophia Robb. No extras listed.

Game Of Thrones: Season 1
HBO, not rated, 600 minutes, 10 episodes, 3 discsRotten Tomatoes ranking: 90 4K/DC retail price: $64.994K/DC Amazon price: $44.96
From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and the ancient Wall that protects the realm from the darkness beyond, powerful families are engaged in a deadly cat-and-mouse game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. As betrayal, lust, intrigue and supernatural forces shake the four corners of the Kingdoms, their bloody struggle for the Iron Throne will have unforeseen and far-reaching consequences. First season of GOT gets the 4K treatment, just in time for Father’s Day (and in case you have refrained from buying the umpteen special editions that have been previously released). 4K/DC extras: previously released extras.

Greaser’s Palace
Doppelganger Releasing, R, 91 minutes
DVD retail price: $19.95DVD Amazon price: $19.74
BD retail price: $29.95BD Amazon price: $22.99
A zoot-suited drifter named Jessy (Allan Arbus) performs miracles and attracts a large following. But what he really wants to do is sing and dance! He finally gets a chance to bring his act to the The Palace, a saloon run by the ruthless Seaweedhead Greaser (Albert Anderson), and he’s a big hit. But Jessy’s got more miracles to do – like restoring life to Greaser’s son Lamy (Michael Sullivan), who’s been killed by his father, and then contending with Greaser’s envious daughter Cholera (Luana Anders). Meanwhile, an unnamed woman (Elsie Downey) struggles to reach the town after her husband and son are murdered. Directed by Robert Downey. Also stars Hervé Villechaize, Toni Basil. Another cult film retelling of the legend of Christ. Also stars six-year-old Robert Downey, Jr., billed as ‘Small Boy in Covered Wagon.’ DVD extras: liner notes, interviews.

The Great Silence: 50th Anniversary Restoration
Film Movement Classics, not rated, 105 minutesRotten Tomatoes ranking: 100
DVD retail price: $29.95DVD Amazon price: $22.99
BD retail price: $39.95BD Amazon price: $29.99
On an unforgiving, snow swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) stands between the innocent refuges and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong aren’t always clear and good doesn’t always triumph. In Italian with English subtitles. DVD extras: featurette, documentary, alternate ending.

Hooked
Breaking Glass Pictures, not rated, 92 minutes
DVD retail price: $19.99DVD Amazon price: $19.99
Jack (Conor Donnally) is an impulsive 18-year-old hustler with few redeeming qualities. Despite his unfavorable attributes, he and his boyfriend Tom (Sean Ormond) are together, in love, and desperate to make ends meet in New York. When he meets Matt (Jared Sandler), a closeted married man, they set off from the city only to find the excitement of Miami nightlife can take a deadly turn. Also stars Katie McClellan, Steve Hayes. DVD extras: featurettes.

The Midnight Man
Shout! Factory, not rated, 93 minutes
DVD retail price: $16.97DVD Amazon price: $11.99
BD retail price: $22.97BD Amazon price: $17.99
Teenagers Alex (Gabrielle Haugh) and her best friend Miles (Grayson Gabriel) discover a mysterious box hidden away in the attic in her grandmother’s sprawling mansion. Inside are instructions for The Midnight Game, an ancient pagan ritual said to summon the player’s greatest fears. It all seems like harmless fun to Alex and Miles – until they unleash the terrifying spirit of The Midnight Man, an unholy force who pits them against their darkest demons and dares them to survive. Also stars Robert Englund, Lin Shaye. Includes the original Irish feature film this version is based on.

Oh Lucy!
Film Movement, not rated, 96 minutesRotten Tomatoes ranking: 100
DVD retail price: $24.95DVD Amazon price: $18.25
BD retail price: $34.95BD Amazon price: $34.95
Setsuko, (Shinobu Terajima), a single, emotionally unfulfilled woman, is seemingly stuck with a drab, meaningless life in Tokyo. But her niece, Mika (Shioli Kutsuna), to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named Lucy. The new identity awakens something dormant in Setsuko, and she quickly develops romantic feelings for her American instructor, John (Josh Hartnett). When John suddenly quits, Setsuko travels to Southern California in search of him. In Japanese with English subtitles. DVD extras: interviews, deleted scenes.

Peter Pan: Anniversary Edition
Disney, G, 77 minutesRotten Tomatoes ranking: 76
BD retail price: $39.99BD Amazon price: $39.99
Disney’s animated telling of the J.M. Barrie story chronicles the adventures of Peter, Wendy, Michael and John Darling as they must square off against Captain Hook on the enchanted island of Neverland. BD extras: music video, featurettes, Karaoke mode.Pj Masks: Save The Summer
Fox, not rated, 76 minutes, 6 episodes
DVD retail price: $14.98DVD Amazon price: $9.99
When Owlette chooses fun over caring for her new feathered friend, Luna Girl is able to convince the upset birdy to help her turn HQ into a giant Luna Magnet. Luna Girl uses her Luna Magnet to fill the sky with dark, rainy clouds, while Catboy must learn to get over his fear of water. No extras listed.

RWBY: Volume 5
Cinedigm, not rated, 204 minutes
DVD retail price: $14.93DVD Amazon price: $9.99
BD/DVD retail price: $24.95BD/DVD Amazon price: $14.29
The world of Remnant is filled with horrific monsters bent on the destruction of humanity. Fortunately, the kingdoms of the world have risen to combat these forces by training powerful Huntsmen and Huntresses at academies around the planet. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long are four such Huntresses in training whose journeys will take them far past the grounds of Beacon Academy. Though each may be powerful on their own, these four girls must come together to work as a team if they truly hope to become the next generation of Remnant’s protectors. DVD extras: featurettes, booklet, animated short.

Satellite Girl And Milk Cow
Shout! Factory, not rated, 81 minutes
DVD retail price: $16.97DVD Amazon price: $11.19
BD/DVD retail price: $26.99BD/DVD Amazon price: $14.96
An out of commission satellite picks up a lovelorn ballad on her radio antenna and descends to Earth to find the source of such sincere emotions. But on the way she is caught in a raging magical battle and transforms into Satellite Girl, complete with rocket shoes and weapon-firing limbs. Meanwhile, the balladeer in question – a loser twentysomething at a café open mic – meets the fate that befalls all broken-hearted lovers: he is turned into a farm animal. But love knows no bounds, and aided by the wise and powerful Merlin – a wizard who has been turned into a roll of toilet paper – our duo must evade the all-consuming incinerator monster, the wily pig witch, and other nefarious adversaries in an attempt to be together. DVD extras: animated short.Spirit: Riding Free – Seasons 1-4
Universal, not rated, 602 minutes
DVD retail price: $22.98DVD Amazon price: $14.96
Lucky, a gutsy 12-year-old girl, befriends a wild mustang she names Spirit. With her two best friends, Abigail and Pru, and their horses by their sides, they explore a world filled with endless rides and never-ending fun. Together they’ll push their own limits and discover what it truly means to be free.

The Steam Engines of Oz
Cinedigm, not rated, 75 minutes
BD retail price: $19.97BD Amazon price: $12.96
A century after Dorothy’s visit, the Emerald City is no longer a magical land but a toxic, heavily industrialized wasteland ruled by the iron fist of the once beloved hero, the Tin Man, who has seemingly lost all heart. Oz’s only hope rests with a young engineer named Victoria Wright (voice of Julianne Hough), who assembles a motley crew of ill-mannered munchkins, mischievous flying monkeys and, of course, the not-so-Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow for a quest to find the tin man’s heart. Also stars Ron Perlman, William Shatner. Based on the steampunk graphic novel. No extras listed.

Supercon
Sony, R, 100 minutesRotten Tomatoes ranking: 17
DVD retail price: $14.99DVD Amazon price: $9.49
A washed up former child star finds himself broke, desperate and down on his luck. With hopes to turn things around, he teams up with a rag-tag group of former TV actors and comic book artists to rob a comic book convention. Stars stars Ryan Kwanten, Maggie Grace, Mike Epps, Russell Peters, Clancy Brown, John Malkovich. Sounds like the premise of “Galaxy Quest” turned into a heist caper. DVD extras: commentary.

Thoroughbreds
Universal, R, 92 minutesRotten Tomatoes ranking: 86
DVD retail price: $29.98DVD Amazon price: $17.96
BD/DC retail price: $34.98BD/DC Amazon price: $19.96
Childhood friends Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke) reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily is now a polished, upper-class teenager at a fancy boarding school; Amanda has turned into a sharp-witted outcast with an attitude. Though they seem at odds, the pair bonds over Lily’s contempt for her oppressive stepfather, and they begin to bring out one another’s most destructive tendencies. Their ambitions lead them to hire a local hustler and take matters into their own hands to set their lives straight. Also stars Paul Sparks, Anton Yelchin. DVD extras: featurettes, deleted scenes.

A Wrinkle In Time
Disney, PG, 120 minutesRotten Tomatoes ranking: 39
DVD retail price: $29.99DVD Amazon price: $29.99
BD/DC/DVD retail price: $39.99BD/DC/DVD Amazon price: $39.99
4K/BD/DC retail price: $39.994K/BD/DC Amazon price: $39.99
Three celestial guides, Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) and Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling), come to Earth to share their wisdom and love with struggling eighth-grader Meg Murry (Storm Reid) as she journeys across dimensions with classmate Calvin (Levi Miller) and younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) in search of her father (Chris Pine), a world-renowned physicist who mysteriously disappeared four years ago. My kids went to see this in the theater; their response was that it was ‘okay.’ BD/DC/DVD extras: music video, featurette, deleted scenes, commentary, bloopers.